Hôtel d'Angleterre at Calais (The) [ Institutions / Residences & Lodgings ]
… and Dessein figure not only in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century guidebooks and travel writings but also in novels and plays referencing Sterne, the solitary Yorick, as well as his sociable encounters in and near the hotel. … the Hôtel d'Angleterre at Calais, which was run by Monsieur Dessein and is featured in the first pages of Sterne's novel, enjoyed considerable popularity among travellers. 1 Several short episodes, set at the Hôtel d'Angleterre, … with a hotel dinner and ending with an encounter with a fille de chambre at an inn. Combining elements of travelogue and novel, Sterne's text makes no reference to the magnificence of Dessein's establishment, remarked upon by other tourists, …
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